Tour de france 28 june, 1959

Times are changing at the world’s biggest bike race. For most of us watching at home, the more fans, the more razzmatazz, the more hullaballoo the better. The carefully distilled passion fills up our

Over his 12 years as a professional rider, Thierry Gouvenou never stood atop the podium. But in his 12 years designing stage routes, the 56-year-old Frenchman has built a reputation as the artist behi

FRED WRIGHT T he stage race for ...

At 10.43am on 11th March 1956, 104 riders left Milan’s Piazza Sant Elena for the start of the 39th Milano-Torino Classic. Ahead lay 225km and a finish on the track at Turin’s rather dilapidated Motove

In the first week of September, this year’s six-stage Tour of Britain runs from east to west, finishing in Wales

13-year-old takes 100-mile win in Northumberland